Ironing-board.



PATENTBD DEC. s, 1907. J. G. SHEPARD. IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 22, 1906.

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JOSEPHINE G. SHEPARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IRONING-BOARD.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed October 22. 1906. Serial No. 3410065.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE G. SHEP- ARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in ironing boards, and particularly to an ironing board in which the parts are so constructed and arranged as to permit the convenient conversion of the same into an article of furniture.

The main object of the present invention is the production of an ironing board constructed of independent sections so connected as to permit their arrangement in the same plane to provide an ironing board or in respectively different planes to provide a chair, the construction including means whereby the respective sections are held in chair forming positions and the invention contemplating an additional element forming an auxiliary to the ironing board and adapted for service as a rear support for the chair seat in the adaptation of the invention to provide such article of furniture.

The invention will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ironing board with the parts arranged to form a chair, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the invention extended to form an ironing board, Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the ironing board accessory which is utilized to form a rear support for the chair, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in side elevation illustrating the use of the ironing board accessory as a chair support. a a

The invention is adapted for use as an ironing board and is so constructed that it may be so arranged as to provide a chair.

By preference the outline of the main element of the invention is that usual for ironing boards, said part being made up in three sections 5, 6, and 7 movably connected at their proximate edges, as more particularly shown in Fig. 2. The section 5, constituting one end section of the board, is centrally formed with a projection adapted to seat in a corresponding recess formed in the proximate edge of the central section 6, a pivot pin 8 being passed through the section 6 and through an opening in the extension from section 5. The adjacent edges of the sections 5 and 6 are rounded, as shown, to provide the desired pivotal connection betweenthese parts. The sections 6 and 7 are united by the ordinary hinge leaves 9 secured on the relatively rear surfaces of the respective sections, the respective leaves being united by a common pivot pin 9, so that a portion of said pin is provided intermediate the respective hinges for a purpose which will presently appear.

In adapting the structure for use as a chair the section 5 is turned on its pivotal support into a position at approximately right angles to the section 6, the respective sections being retained in this position by a link 11 carried by one edge of the section 6 and terminally formed with a hook end or notch to engage a pin 13 in the edge of the section 5. The section 7 is turned up approximately at a right angle to the section 6 and secured in place by a link 10 carried by the section 7 and engaging a pin 12 carried by the section '6. In this position the section 6 serves as the chair seat, the section 5 as the forward leg or support, and the sec tion 7 as the back. The rear leg or support for the chair is formed by the utilization of the auxiliary pressing board 14, so shaped as to adapt it for a sleeve or bosom board. This board is provided on one surface with sockets 15 to removably receive a bracket 16 4 provided at the relatively forward end with an eye 17 whereby the auxiliary board may be movably connected to the pivot pin 9 joining the sections 6 and 7. The bracket includes a lower arm 18 projecting at a de terminate angle from the surface of the auxiliary board 14:, and an upper arm 19 projecting for a portion of its length at 20 from the auxiliary board in approximately parallel relation with the arm 18, and then projected downwardly toward the arm 18, as at 21, the lower end of the portion 21 contacting with the lower arm 18 in rear of the eye 17, as at 22. lVith the eye 17 engaged by the pivot pin 9 between the sections 6 and 7 the ortion 22 of the upper arm will engage beneath the lower edge of the section 7 and the portion 21 of said arm bear against the rear surface of the section 7 throughout the length of said portion. The respective arms of the bracket are so arranged relative to each other and to the auxiliary board that in the described position of the parts. said auxiliary board will be maintained at an angle to the section 7 of the ironingvboard when the latter is in chair forming position, with the upper end of the auxiliary board engaging the rear surface of the section 7, all as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The bracket and auxiliary board will, therefore, form an effective rear support for the chair, which may be readily swung into or out of operative position on the pivot pin 9, permitting the'convenient' arranging of the structure in the form of an ironing board or in the form of a chair without interfering with the connection of the auxiliary board. The auxiliary board may, of course, be removed. when desired and the bracket described detached from the sockets 15 to permit the use of the auxiliary board for its usual function in ironing purposes.

On the lower face of the board in the several sections are cut depressions 23 of semicircular shape as shown in Fig. 2 and in the straight side of these depressions are placed pins or spurs 24 which are adapted to catch the loose ends of the covering of the board when it is placed thereon, the pins serving to engage the cloth or similar material which forms the covering and hold the same when it is drawn taut over the upper surface of the board. When it is desired to remove the covering, suflicient 4 ull-is exerted upon the edges to disengage t em from the pins.

It is obvious that various minor modifications may be resorted to in the construction of the details of this board particularly in the means for hinging the parts together but I have illustrated practical means for accomplishing this result although other Well nown means may be adopted.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

1. An ironing board formed of several sections, hinge connections joining the proximate edges of the respective sections, one of said connections having a pivot pin, an auxiliary board, and a bracket member carried by the auxiliary board and adapted to be connected to the ironing board sections through the medium of the pivot pin, where-' by said auxiliary board is adapted to serve as a rear support when the board is arranged in chair form.

2. An ironing board formed of a plurality of sections movably connected to permit arrangement of thesections to form respectively a forward support, a seat, and a backrangement of the sections to form respec-' tively a forward support, a seat, and a back for a chair, means for securing the respective sections in chair forming positions, an auxiliary board, and a bracket member removably secured to the board and adapted to engage the connection between two of said sections, said bracket member being formed to engage the lower edge and rear surface of one of the sections and to maintain the auxiliary board at an angle to said section in position to provide a rear support for the chair.

4. An ironing board formed of a plurality of sections movably connected to permit arrangement of the sections to form respectively a forward support, a seat, and a back for a chair, means for securing the respective sections in chair forming positions, an aux: iliary ironing board, and a bracket member removably secured to the board and adapted to engage the connection between two of said sections, said bracket member being formed to engage the lower edge and rear surface of one of the sections and to maintain the auxiliary board at an angle to said section in position to provide a rear support for the chair.

5. An ironing board comprising several connected sections, said sections being adapted to be arranged to provide a forward support, a seat and a back for a chair, an auxiliary ironing board adapted to form the rear support for the chair, and a bracket carried by said board and adapted for removable connection with the board and with one of the-connections between the respective sections, said bracket being formed to maintain said auxiliary board at an angle to the chair back section.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPHINE G. SHEPARD.

Witnesses FRANCIS W. INDEN, JAMES F. DUHAMEL. 

